Where does “giminė” come from?

giminė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian gimti, from Proto-Baltic gim-, from Proto-Baltic gʷm̥-.

giminė (Lithuanian): family; kin; genus; gender

Definitions

  1. family; kin; genus; gender

Ancestry of “giminė”, step by step

giminė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian gimti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniangimtito be born; masculine plural nominative form of...
2Proto-Balticgim-—
3Proto-Balticgʷm̥-—

via Proto-Indo-European gʷem-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

Words derived from “giminė”

Every word from Proto-Baltic gʷm̥- →Every word from Proto-Baltic gim- →Every word from Lithuanian gimti →